Device for agitating the water in baths.



H. HOEGLAUBR.

DEVICE FOR AGITATING THE WATER IN BATES. APPLIOATION FILED Amzz, 1904.RENEWED FEB. 21, 1908.

Patented Mar. 23, 1909.

THE zvrmms Psrsns co WASHINGTON. n. c.

HEINRICH IIOEGLAUER,

OF MUNICH, GERMANY.

DEVICE FOR AGIIATING THE WATER IN BATHS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented March 23, 1909.

Application filed April 22, 1904, Serial No. 204,382. Renewed February21, 1908. Serial No. 417,082.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HEINRICH HOEGLAUER, citizen of Germany, residing atMunich, Bavaria, Germany, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Devices for Agitating the Water in Baths; and I dohereby declare the following to be a lull, clear, and exact descriptionof the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to whichit appertains to make and use the same.

The present invention relates to devices for agitating the water inbaths to cause a regular wave-like movement of the same and its objectis to provide means whereby the wave making device shall have lessmovement on starting, so as not to violently agitate the Water andsplash it about when starting, but to yield at first and thus togradually form regular waves and when once started to continue to makethe waves regularly. The invention also comprises means for regulatingthe stroke of the agitating device to form larger or smaller waves.

In order to render the present specification easily intelligiblereference is had to the ac companying drawing in which similar lettersand numerals of reference denote similar parts throughout the severalviews.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the device, Fig. 2 an end elevation withthe bath in section, Fig. 3 a plan view of one form of embodying theinvention: Fig. 4 is an elevation of a modified form of lever arm, Fig.5 a further modified form of attachment for the agitator and Fig. 6 anelevation of a further modification of the agitator and the operatinglever arm.

Parallel with one side wall of the bath a a plate (1 is arranged forminga channel 0 in which the wave making lever or agitator arm or body I) ismounted to swing on its pivot 12. Mounted adjacent to the pivot b is astub shaft having at its outside end a belt pulley 1 having a suitablebelt and being connected up by means of suitable tooth or other gearingso as to drive a crank pin disk 2 suitably mounted on the outside of thebath and having a connecting rod 3 connecting it to a swinging lever 4fast to the pivot b and adapted to rock the same when the crank pin diskis rotated.

The connecting rod 3 is yieldingly coupled to the rocking arm 4 by meansof a pin and slot connection, the pin which engages a slot of therocking arm 4 being movable on the said connecting rod 3 and being heldin approximately the ccntral position thereon by means of two springs 6so that on starting the apparatus, the wave agitating arm or body willyield to the resistance of the water, so that the first strokes of thesame will be shorter and of a yielding nature, and thus the water willnot be splashed, but will be gradually and successively stirred up toform regularly recurring waves. This yielding motion ol the stirrer, oragitating member may be attained in any desired or convenient manner andthe present invention is in no wise restricted to the particularembodiments illustrated. For instance as shown in F 4, the rocking arm tmay be in the term of a spring which would yield sulliciently, or theagitating member I) may be connected up by a spring or series of springsas at 6 in Fig. 5, or the connecting rod 2} may be formed ol' twomembers (l ig. (5) telescoping one into the other and controlled by aspring (5 or any other suitable means may be Ull'lPlOYQll.

In apparatuses of this kind it is advisable to make the stroke ol theagitating member variable and this may also be ollected in any desiredmanner. In Figs. 13, the pin ol the connecting rod is adjustable in theslot of the rocking arm 4 by means 01' a lever 7, pivotally mounted onthe bath and having rigidly attached to its pivot a second arm 8 coupledby means ol' a connecting link 9 to the pin 01'' the connecting rod 3.The lever 7 may be retained in any desired position by means of asuitable spring catch or it may be adapted to spring into suitabledepressions 10 in the wall of the bath. The adjustability ol' the strokeof the agitating member may be attained in any other suitable manner.

I claim as my invention l. A wave l'orming device comprising, incombination, an open bath, an oscillating member pivoted to swingtherein, lever arm secured in fixed relation to the oscillating member,a crank, a connecting rod coupled to the crank, a pin movably mounted inthe rod and connecting the same to the lever arm, springs controllingthe location of the pin in the rod, and means for driving the crank.

2. A wave forming device comprising, in combination, an open bath havinga wall spaced from one side thereof, an oscillating member pivoted toswing between the side of the tub and the wall, a lever arm secured infixed relation to the oscillating member, a

crank, a connecting rod coupled to the crank, a pin movably mounted inthe rod and connecting the same to the lever arm, springs controllingthe location of the pin in the rod, and means for driving the crank.

3. A wave forming device comprising, in combination, an open bath, anoscillating member pivoted to swing therein, a slotted lover arm securedin fixed relation to the oscillating member, a crank, a connecting rodcoupled to the crank, a pin movably mounted in the rod and engaging theslot in the lever, springs controlling the location oi the pin in therod, means for adjusting the point r of engagement of the pin with theslot, and

means for driving the crank.

4. A Wave forming device comprising, in combination, an open bath, anoscillating member pivoted to swing therein, a slotted lever arm securedin. iixed relation to the oscillating member, a crank, a connecting rodcoupled to the crank, a pin movably mounted in the rod and engaging theslot in the lever, springs controlling the location of the pin in therod, a second lever, pivoted to a fixed support, a connection betweenone end of the second lever and the pin, and means for securing theother arm of said lever in different positions to change the point ofengagement of the pin with the slot and thereby vary the stroke of theoscillating member.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature to this specification, in thepresence ol' two witnesses.

HEINRI Witnesses:

ULYSSES J. BYWATER, ABRAHAM SoHLEsI'NGEn.

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